transpiration

Borrowed from Middle French transpiration, from Medieval Latin transpiratio, from transpiro, from Latin trans + spiro.

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transpiration (countable and uncountable, plural transpirations)

1. (botany) The loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots.
2. (physiology) The process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes.
3. The passage of gases through fine tubes.

• transpire

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspirātiōnem, from transpiro, from Latin trāns + spiro.

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

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transpiration f (plural transpirations)

1. transpiration
2. sweat (bodily fluid)

• sueur

• transpirer

• “transpiration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.